Introduction: Faith, Rationality, and the Passions
- Sarah Coakley
Published Online: 16 AUG 2012
DOI: 10.1002/9781118321997.ch
Copyright © 2012 Blackwell Publishing Ltd
Book Title

Faith, Rationality, and the Passions
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How to Cite
Coakley, S. (2012) Introduction: Faith, Rationality, and the Passions, in Faith, Rationality, and the Passions (ed S. Coakley), John Wiley & Sons, Ltd, Chichester, UK. doi: 10.1002/9781118321997.ch
Publication History
- Published Online: 16 AUG 2012
- Published Print: 10 SEP 2012
ISBN Information
Print ISBN: 9781444361933
Online ISBN: 9781118321997
- Summary
- Chapter
Keywords:
- faith, rationality, and the passions;
- passion and reason, in the life of faith;
- “Faith, Rationality and the Passions” conference;
- four “clusters” of such interest;
- fields of neuroscience/experimental psychology, interesting challenges;
- reconsideration of affective “meaning-making”;
- connected “illusions” as reason vs. commitment, reason vs. faith;
- integral significance of affective dimensions, of everyday reasoning;
- food for philosophical and theological thought;
- philosophical distinction, of kinds of rationality and feeling
